About Us

Papahānaumoku; the female, Wākea the male are the primordial gods of the earth and sky.  It was they who parented the islands. The eldest of the island children being Hawaii, the second, Maui.  Molokaʻi the third followed by Lānaʻi.  Oʻahu was born, Kauaʻi was the last born of the island children.  Papa then had a child by Wākea named Hāloa.  The child was stillborn and buried. Out of the place where he was buried grew the Kalo plant and therefore became the food sustenance for the people of Hawaiʻi.  Papa and Wākea then had another child who lived and they called him Hāloanakakalaukapalili- meaning The long breath of the fluttering leaf.

Nā Maka means the shoots or the first eyes that come from the newly spouting taro.  Hāloa denotes long breath or long life.  Nā Maka Hāloa are caregivers who, through indigenous Hawaiian cultural spirituality and practices will facilitate the healing restorative process of our people and our land so that Hāloa will live for many generations to come.